Lasagna Soup
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Lasagna Soup made with ground beef, sausage, spinach and three types of cheese! The perfect easy dinner for those cold winter nights!
Ingredients
- ½ pound lean ground beef
- ▢1/2 pound ground Italian sausage
- ▢salt and freshly ground black pepper , to taste
- ▢1 yellow onion , chopped
- ▢1 Tablespoon olive oil
- ▢3 cloves garlic , minced
- 2 Tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 recipe homemade marinara sauce (or 24 ounce marinara sauce)
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley , chopped (or 2 tsp dried)
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1 teaspoons dried basil
- 7 cups low sodium chicken broth (or vegetable broth)
- 9 lasagna noodles , broken into pieces
- 2 cups fresh spinach leaves (optional),
- 10 ounces ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese)
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- fresh basil , for serving
Instructions
- In a large pot over medium-high heat, cook ground beef and sausage until browned. Season with salt and pepper as you cook. Drain grease and remove meat from the pot.
- In a large pot heat olive oil over medium heat. Toss in diced onion and sauté for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in minced garlic and cook for another minute or two.
- Stir in tomato paste, marinara sauce, spices, and broth. Return meat to pot.
- Bring to boil then add lasagna noodles (broken into 4ths) to pot
- and reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until noodles
- are tender. Add spinach, if using.
- In a small bowl, stir together mozzarella, Parmesan and ricotta cheeses
- Ladle the hot soup into bowls, and dollop a scoop of the cheese mixture on top. Garnish with fresh basil.
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